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COMMITTEE REPORT RE: O. E. O. COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM REQUEST FROM UNIVERSITY RE: UTILITIES -ALDERMAN RD.~ STADIUM RD., EMMET ST.~ dEFFo PK. AVE. AND UNIV. AVE. MATTER RE: UNIVERSITY WATER CONTRACT TAKE NOTICE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON THE 23RD INST. AT 3:30 P. M. OtCLOCK. ~. CONSIDER COMMITTEE REPORT ON O, E. O. COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM. 2. REQUEST OF UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA TO INSTALL UTILITIES IN ALDERMAN ROAD~ STADIUM ROAD~ EMMET STREET~ JEFFERSON PARK / AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY AVENUE. / BY ORDER OF / J. S. RU~SH~ JR. _(StONeD) CLERK PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY~ Hr. MOUNT~ MR. RINEHART AND HR. VOGT. ABSENT: MR. RENNOLDS. A COMMITTEE REPORT WAS PRESENTED RECOMMENDING THAT FOR THE PRESENT THE EXISTING CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION BE DESIGNATED AS THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR THE CITY. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT A PUBLIC HEARING MUST BE HELD ON THIS PROPOSAL~ AND THAT THE COUNTY OFFICIALS HAD SUGGESTED A JOINT PUBLIC HEARtNG. ON MOTION BY MR. MOUNT7 SECONDED BY HR. RINEHART7 A PUBLIC HEARING WAS SET FOR MAY 97 1968 AT 3:00 P. M, ~N THE BOARD ROOM AT THE COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING. THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED A COMMUNICATION FROM DR. EDGAR g. SHANNON~ PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA~ REQUESTING PERMISSION FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO INSTALL WATER LINES AND TELEPHONE DUCTS IN CERTAIN CITY STREETS IMMEDIATELY ADdACENT TO THE UNIVERSITY GROUNDS AS SHOWN ON A PLAN PREPARED BY HANKiNS~ ANDERSON AND MONCRIEF~ ENGINEERS OF RICHMOND~ VIRGINIA~ DATED FEBRUARY 137 1968. THE CiTY MANAGER ADVISED THAT THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PLANS AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. ON MOTION BY MR, HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT~ AND IN KEEPING WITH THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT PERMISSION BE AND IS HEREBY GRANTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA TO INSTALL WATER LINES AND TELEPHONE DUCTS IN THE CiTY STREETS ADJACENT TO THE UNIVERSITY AS ARE SET FORTH ON PLAN DATED FEBRUARY 13, 1968~ BY HANKINS~ ANDERSON & MONCRIEF OF RICHMOND~ VIRG1NtA~ WITH THE PROVISO THAT THE WATER LINES SHALL BE ENAMELINED DUCTILE CAST ~RON PiPE WITH "PUSH ON~ TYPE BELL- TITE dOINTS OR EQUAL~ AND SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS APPROVED AND USED BY THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPART- MENT~ AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE UNIVERSITY WILL REPAIR AND REPLACE THE CiTY STREETS TO AS NEAR THEIR ORIGINAL CONDITION AS IS POSSIBLE. A MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT THAT UNANIMOUS CONSENT BE GIVEN TO DISCUSSION OF THE UNIVERSITY WATER CONTRACT WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOW- ING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. MOUNT~ MR. RINEHART AND MR. VOGT. NOES: NONE. MR. HAGGERTY STATED THAT AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE FOREOING RESOLUTION THE COUNCIL IS ALWAYS MOST ANXIOUS TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE UNIVERSITY. HE REMINDED THE COUNCIL OF THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING WATER TO THE UNIVERSITY UNDER A CONTRACT NEGOTIATED IN 1922~ AND THAT THE AMOUNT WHICH THE UNIVERSITY IS PAYING THE CITY IS FAR LESS THAN THE COST TO THE CITY OF PRODUCING THE WATER~ AND HE RECOMMENDED THAT A COMMITTEE FROM THE COUNCI.L BE APPOINTED tO CONFER WITH PRESIDENT SHANNON OR A COMMITTEE DESIGNATED BY HIM TO RE-NEGOTIATE